Space Station

Arghus

Saw it there about forty minutes ago. My lord, it fairly rips it through the night sky.

Iwannahurl

It certainly does, travelling 460 km every minute.

After watching it for a few minutes I went back inside and a short while later checked its location on the tracker. By then it was over Poland.

Scone190

I took a few photos of it over Galway tonight

1st two are from the 23.50 approx pass sky was much clearer mag-3.7

2nd two are from the last past just after 1am (sorry the are faint there was much more cloud cover ) mag-3.8

Used different shutter speeds for the photos etc was fun trying to photograph enjoyed it

whitelightrider

Scone190 wrote: »

I took a few photos of it over Galway tonight

1st two are from the 23.50 approx pass sky was much clearer mag-3.7

2nd two are from the last past just after 1am (sorry the are faint there was much more cloud cover ) mag-3.8

Used different shutter speeds for the photos etc was fun trying to photograph enjoyed it

Great photos

GekkePrutser

Iwannahurl wrote: »

It certainly does, travelling 460 km every minute.

After watching it for a few minutes I went back inside and a short while later checked its location on the tracker. By then it was over Poland.

If it's over Poland it only just drops over the horizon here Most visible passes here don't actually pass over the Irish landmass. Because it's so high up (though for a satellite it's quite low by the way).

Iwannahurl

This tracker indicates "the view from the ISS directly down to earth".

http://iss.astroviewer.net/

I wonder what criteria NASA use to determine a "sighting opportunity"?

Their location lookup facility goes to the trouble of listing no fewer than 17 separate "city" locations in little Ireland, including the bustling metropolises of Oldcastle, Greystones and Tullamore.

Storm 10

Another chance to see it tonight weather permitting

Time: Fri Jun 06 11:02 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 43 degrees, Appears: SW, Disappears: E

JJayoo

I saw this the other night wasn't expecting it so it was a nice surprise

Storm 10

Tonight will be great to see the ISS as it will be directly overhead, hope the sky is clear, time below

Time: Sat Jun 07 11:49 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 65 degrees, Appears: WSW, Disappears: E

Eeden

Thanks for that, that was cool to see! I didn't think the sky would be clear enough tonight, but it was.

Scone190

Took another photo tonight .. I believe my best one yet of the ISS over Claregalway . Its just a different camera setting I used to make the sky brighter then it is so the photo is not edited incase anyone is wondering ! I love it

Storm 10

Another great chance tonight for six minutes and overhead

Time: Sun Jun 08 11:00 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 60 degrees, Appears: WSW, Disappears: E

Storm 10

Tonights spotting time below, another great viewing height lets hope the weather plays ball, we dont get so many passes going directly overhead.

Time: Mon Jun 09 11:48 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 64 degrees, Appears: W, Disappears: ESE

Storm 10

Tonight is the night for a clear view as the ISS passes overhead

Time: Tue Jun 10 10:59 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 67 degrees, Appears: W, Disappears: E

Aerohead

If the Sky is clear tonight she is around our part of the World for a few days, time below

Time: Tue Aug 05 11:12 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 42 degrees, Appears: SW, Disappears: E

rh5555

Just for the guys who don't know yet there is great app (at least for Android) called ISS tracker. It's free and tells you the exact time / brightness of the ISS and Iridium satellites. Also has a Radar so you can see exactly where to look to see the ISS when you hold your Phone into the sky.

Its free and pretty cool even though I still don't 100% how the Radar works.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.runar.issdetector&hl=en

Aerohead

Two passes tonight the first one will be the best should be almost overhead, times below

Time: Fri Aug 08 10:21 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 50 degrees, Appears: WSW, Disappears: E

Time: Fri Aug 08 11:58 PM, Visible: 4 min, Max Height: 65 degrees, Appears: W, Disappears: SE

GekkePrutser

rh5555 wrote: »

Just for the guys who don't know yet there is great app (at least for Android) called ISS tracker. It's free and tells you the exact time / brightness of the ISS and Iridium satellites. Also has a Radar so you can see exactly where to look to see the ISS when you hold your Phone into the sky.

Its free and pretty cool even though I still don't 100% how the Radar works.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.runar.issdetector&hl=en

That "Radar" just works using the tilt and compass sensors in your phone - it knows where you're pointing so it can guide you to where it should be at that time.

If it has inaccurate information it will guide you wrongly That's why it has to download the latest information regularly. The ISS in particular often change their orbit due to them needing a boost, or for a collision avoidance maneuver.

There's also apps with Augmented Reality that just overlay a label on every visible thing on the camera image (though for the ISS this is not great because the camera image will be too dark at night).

billie1b

Aerohead wrote: »

Two passes tonight the first one will be the best should be almost overhead, times below

Time: Fri Aug 08 10:21 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 50 degrees, Appears: WSW, Disappears: E

Time: Fri Aug 08 11:58 PM, Visible: 4 min, Max Height: 65 degrees, Appears: W, Disappears: SE

Just past me, it seems to be towing something behind it
There is another bright light, smaller in size though directly behind it, its honestly like its towing it

jkforde

billie1b wrote: »

Just past me, it seems to be towing something behind it
There is another bright light, smaller in size though directly behind it, its honestly like its towing it

that's an automated cargo resupply vessel sent up by the European Space Agency, it's due to dock with the station on Tuesday... http://blogs.esa.int/atv/2014/08/08/iss-atv-5-in-orbit-tonight/

billie1b

jkforde wrote: »

that's an automated cargo resupply vessel sent up by the European Space Agency, it's due to dock with the station on Tuesday... http://blogs.esa.int/atv/2014/08/08/iss-atv-5-in-orbit-tonight/

Cool thanks